Former admin borks ex-employer's network to try to get his job back with a raise
You can't make this stuff up
Nvidia clarifies power supply requirements for RTX 40-series
The big picture: Since the announcement of Nvidia's RTX 40-series graphics cards, some consumers have been curious or even worried about their power supply, wondering if it can safely run a new GPU. Thankfully, Nvidia has cleared the air and reassured users regarding the power requirements for its cards.
Google lost a food delivery drone when it tried to land on a power line and got incinerated
Recap: Alphabet food delivery company Wing has a spotless safety record. Well, it did until yesterday when one of its autonomous drones landed on some power lines. Nobody was hurt in the incident, but the drone was incinerated, and about 2,000 customers lost power briefly.
Backdoor.Stegmap, malware hiding in a plain Microsoft Windows logo
The big picture: Backdoor.Stegmap is a potent backdoor hidden within a simple Windows logo image file through steganography-based encryption. Chinese cyber-criminals are working hard with new and old techniques to permanently compromise high-level government and diplomatic targets.
Qualcomm VP believes smartphones have what it takes to match DSLR image quality
DSLRs can't match smartphone processing power
NASA shares first close-up images of Jupiter moon Europa in two decades
Juno flew within 219 miles of Jupiter's moon
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Apple exec to leave company after making ill-advised comments in TikTok video
At least get the quote right if it costs you your job
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Review: Faster than Core i9?
The Ryzen 7 7700X is arguably the most interesting Zen 4 CPU for PC gaming: it's an 8-core, 16-thread chip using a single CCD, which should mean it's going to deliver the best performance.
South Korean chip production falls for first time since 2018
Too many chips, not enough demand
Would you pay up to $1,999 for one of these custom RTX 4090 cards?
Will talk of a boycott impact sales?
Sackboy: Big Adventure is the next PlayStation PC game
Sony posts system requirements, with game arriving October 27
Amazon refreshes Echo speakers to act as Eero mesh network nodes
Each speaker can add up to 1,000 sqft at 100Mbps to your network
Google is sending Stadia to its infamous graveyard of canceled services
Stadia and Google Store customers will receive refunds
Chaos: a powerful malware infecting multiple systems and architectures
Malicious software can infect Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and several chip architectures
New York follows California in mandating zero-emission vehicles by 2035
Gas engines are going the way of the dodo
Gaming monitor shipments are down for the first time ever
Don't expect this trend to continue
TechSpot Video Strange But True Tech Facts
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Razer recruits Verizon to help with its 5G gaming handheld
More details on the Razer Edge 5G are coming in October
Amazon wants some customer service reps to work remotely as part of broader cost-cutting push
A win-win for employer and employee, but what about Amazon customers?
FPGA chip shown to be over 50 times more efficient than a Ryzen 4900H
FPGA achieved similar performance to a laptop CPU with a fraction of the energy and far less heat
China-based network tried to influence midterms, but long lunches and 9-to-5 hours hampered efforts
Taking a more relaxed approach to disinformation campaigns
Alienware unveils cheaper QD-OLED gaming monitor with FreeSync
Is G-Sync Ultimate worth $200?
Apple removes ad-free Instagram clone from App Store after Meta objects
The OG App remains on the Play Store, for now
The Analog Embrace: How Some Experiences Are Surviving the Digital Age
Zeroes and ones were promised to be the future, a digital media has taken over, but in some situations customers are returning to analog experiences in search of something more tangible.
Cloudflare launches invisible, privacy-focused Captcha to take on Google
No more box picking
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MOBILE
iPhone 14 Pro owners discover more problems in latest flagship
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IT'S OFFICIAL
Intel unveils 13th-gen Core CPUs: more cores, higher frequencies
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WEARABLES
Invisibility cloaks are only
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SPACE
Watch NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft as it happened
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RTX 4090 is so fast Blizzard had to increase Overwatch 2 FPS cap
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SURVEY
Productivity theater:
bosses believe workers are
less productive at home
Intel's Unison app could allow Apple-like phone-to-PC connectivity between Windows, Android, and iOS
Something to look forward to: Users with Macs and Apple mobile devices have enjoyed a range of connectivity features between those products for years --AirDrop, Handoff, Universal Clipboard, and AirPlay are just a few. Intel recently unveiled software seeking to build similar bridges between Windows PCs and phones running iOS and Android.
The early-adoption tax for AMD AM5 motherboards is in full force
Your wallet is going to feel a lot lighter if you upgrade
Control your system fan speeds based on system temperatures with SpeedFan
SpeedFan lets you control fan speeds on most systems, reducing noise and/or power consumption. It can also monitor CPU usage, chipset information, and more.
New SEC lawsuit accuses MoviePass executives of fraud
Former MoviePass leadership could be banned from ever holding executive positions again
Apple dials back plan to boost iPhone 14 production due to slumping demand
Apple said to be targeting 90 million handsets by the end of 2022
Stable Diffusion: weird for visual arts, a boon for image compression algorithms?
In a nutshell: Stable Diffusion is a phenomenal example of how much a picture is worth more than a thousand words. In fact, by cutting the image-generation text prompt altogether, the visual AI could be used to get a highly compressed, high quality image file.
Bowers & Wilkins launches premium Px8 wireless headphones
A new challenger in the premium wireless headphone space
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